When I arrived for my planned practice Tuesday evening, I realized with horror what track this was
Thankfully I practiced so much for the 2019 Christmas Special (ending in T1 for me..), that the track came back to me fairly quickly. Just had to learn it with a different car - would have loved the nimble Healey I had the first time, instead of the more Humpty Dumpty Aston which was my only option left.
Wasn't going to touch Daz, as usual, but with less than 0.3 sec between Clive & me in qual, things looked set for a great race. As expected, I could accelerate in front of Clive at the start, courtesy of the Aston's 5-speed box. He wasn't far behind as L1 unfolded, but when he was sudddenly gone, and a dust cloud appeared in my mirror, my heart sank. Message that he had left soon followed, confirming a lonely race. Had a shunt myself on L2, getting caught on one of the 'concrete-hedgerow-protrusion-traps', but able to continue. Later followed a kiss to the barriers, when I lost the rear in the right-hander with the crosses.
Grats to Daz on the untouchable win, and to Tony for completing the podium. Commiserations to Clive; great shame you lucked out.
Winning the Championship wasn't exactly in the cards, and to be honest, it wouldn't have happened, had Daz attended a few more races, and/or DD not vanished during the season.
Grats to Tony for the 2nd spot & Daz in 3rd!.
Have enjoyed the series as I do like the cars and many of the tracks; thanks to Tony for setting it up!
